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Telegraph Media Group made record £60m profit last year

The guardian had reviled that the Telegraph Media Group created a profit of more than £60m for the previous year. This is the third year now in which the guardian were able to increase their profits, also with the profit margins increasing year on end. The Telegraph Media Group will be announcing the amount they made during each month through the course of the year. Furthermore it is also to be told that they are looking at a record revenue within the spring season. This then looked to be a good year for the Telegraph Media Group. However for the past three years they were seen to have been at the top. Rival such as, The Times, The Independent and The Guardian, have not had the same luxury of profit margins as Telegraph Media Group as they have been in loss for the past years. Telegraph Media Group also had received an increase in subscriptions to their newspaper since it had launched its online paywall. The paywall was released in November 2012 internationally. It was then extended for domestic users a few months later into the following year of March 2013.

• Telegraph Media Group made a profit of £58.4m in 2012   
• Telegraph Media Group had made a profit of £55.7m in the previous year being 2011.

Black Mirror and National Anthem

Black Mirror and National Anthem

The message of Black Mirror shows us how the internet has now become a a bigger part to news then the TV broadcasters. This shows that new and digital media has now overtaken traditional media within broadcasting news. This is mainly done through social media sites such as, Facebook and Twitter. The way in which they were able to present this to us was through showing the audience how much social media is an big element. One way in which they presented this was through showing how when the video was uploaded to Youtube it had created 50,000 downloads within 9 minutes. This then shows the amount of people who are active on social media and are able to react to these stories. This video was then Global around the world within the first 9 minutes. This then connotes to the audience the impact social media plays within the audiences lives. We were able to know that the video was to reach a global audience as CNN were showing the footage before any news reporter inside of the UK. Black mirror also told connoted to the audience the main users of social media being the younger audience. This was shown through the older audience wondering what the kidnapper was asking for assuming it was money. However due to social media such as youtube and twitter the son had already been exposed to what the kidnapper was looking for in return of the princess. This also connotes to use that new and digital media had overhauled traditional media in proving the news. This is due to the speed in which new and digital media can provide the news to the audience for example, through Facebook and Twitter.

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Doctor Who gains in consolidated Christmas Day TV ratings

Doctor Who was broadcasted to the audience one week after Christmas day broadcasting the show to be the festive special over the Christmas period. The show managed to generate views of 3 million. Doctor Who increased their viewers from 8.3 million to 11.1 million which was published by the BBC on Thursday. The reason for the increase was due to the audience who have watched the show late, therefore providing seven days extra to calculate the views of Doctor Who. Doctor Who seems to be a show which is more popular on BBC Iplayer rather than a live show.

1. Mrs Brown's Boys, BBC1 11.52 million, 36.3% (9.4m, 35.5%)

2. Doctor Who, BBC1 11.14m, 35.33 (8.3m, 30.7%)

3. Coronation Street, ITV 9.82m, 30.9% (8.3m, 30.7%)

4. Downton Abbey, ITV 9.41m, 30.2% (7m, 27%)

5. EastEnders, BBC1 9.36m, 29.6% (7.8m, 29%)

6. Call The Midwife, BBC1 9.16m, 33.8% (7.1m, 30.1%)

7. Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 8.84m, 37.9% (7.3m, 35.4%)

8. Toy Story 3, BBC1 7.33m, 39.6% (6.3m, 38.9%)

9. Emmerdale, ITV 7.07m, 25.8% (5.8m, 24.7%)

10. The Queen, BBC1 5.82m, 35.3% (5.7m, 36.2%)

BBC looked to be in control over the Christmas period as they were able to generate the 1^st and 2^nd place spots with their shows. However the only downfall which came from this period was that EastEnders were not able to generate as much views as they had first expected. EastEnders which is normally the most popular show on Christmas day fell short, also critics labelled this year’s EastEnders to not live up to the expectations of the audience. This may be due to the excitement they normally bring on Christmas days over the past years. EastEnders will also be very disappointed to have lost out to rival show Coronation Street which is broadcasted on ITV near enough the same time as EastEnders therefore, creating a rivalry between the two soaps.

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Sherlock: nearly 10m viewers watch BBC detective's return

On BBC1 on Wednesday night the showing of Sherlock had reached up to 10 million views. The reason for this is the show contained Sherlock surviving the rooftop and how it all occurred. The show began with an average of 9.2 million viewers, from the showing from 9-10pm. The show peaked to 9.7 million for the first 5 minutes of the show. The show was broadcasted on Christmas day as a special. The show started with 7.5 million viewers in July 2010 of the first release, which it then increased to 8.8 million on news day of 2012. Sherlock had pulled in viewers of 33.8% shares of the audience. The show was streamed at the same time as Harry Potter on ITV therefore facing a high competition from rival channels. The movie itself was watched by 5.1 million viewers. With a 19.2% share of the audience between 8pm and 10.30pm. EastEnders on Christmas day was broadcasted at 8pm which they only managed to attract 7.3 million viewers with a 27.8% share of the audience. This then ensured that Sherlock received more views then EastEnders which is the leading show on Christmas day with a peak viewers of 10 million. EastEnders has also lost out to rival show Coronation street with the viewings as Coronation Street generated views of £9.82 million on Christmas day being overall the 3rd most viewed show on Christmas day. However the highest viewed show on Christmas day was Mrs Browns Boys generated views of 11.52 million. 

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Tindle group profit dips to £1.4m

Sir Ray Tindle's newspaper generated a profit of £1.4m at the end of March 2013. The publishers of the newspapers had claimed that they have not closed any of their titles, and they are not working on refurbishing any of their previous titles.

Tindle Newspapers were in a loss overall for the 2013 period figures on show that prove this are,

·         Pre-tax profits fall from £2.06m to £1.39m in 2013.

·         Total revenues fell by 5% from £35.7m to £34m.

·         Group operating profit fell 28% from £1.78m to £1.28m.

During 2013 the company faces endless stress in creating a revenue. The main reason for this was due to the pressure of the newspapers attracting advertisements for their newspapers without advertisements this then left them with no fund allowing them to expand newspapers and fan base. However they were still able to launch 20 new local titles in London areas. One way in which they were able to save costs was to make staff redundant. The only members of staff which have not been made redundant are the journalists and the directors.

·         Staff costs dropped from £15m to £14.6m as headcount was lowered from 761 to 725.

·         Of these staff, 282 are listed as editorial and production, a 7% fall from the 303 employed at the end of the previous financial year.

·       Despite the cut in staff numbers, the publisher said it had steadfastly backed its newspaper portfolio and that there had been no compulsory job losses since the downturn in 2009.

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Richard Desmond appoints Barclays to explore sale of Channel 5

Richard Desmond has decided that he wants to sell Channel 5. During this time he turned the well-known Big Brother show into a profit making show as, before he had taken over the show was in decline. In order for him to sell the channel he has hired Barclays to do so for him. However the sale is at a very early stage in the project. The two obvious candidates which would take over the channel and bid for ti would be ITV and SkyB. ITV are already by far the biggest advertiser funded broadcaster. SKyB are also likely potential buyers of the channel however, Rupert Murdoch has ruled out any bid for the channel. Channel 5 is also targeted by foreign buyers such as, NBC Universal or Time Warner. However the last owners RTL were based in Germany and found it hard to make a profit from channel 5. Desmond has stated that he is talking to rivals about the sales of channel 5. The most likely buyers being ITV.

·         Channel 5 is the smallest terrestrial broadcaster.

·         Channel 5 bought Northern and Shell Media Empire in 2010, which they bought from RTL for £103.5m. This is also included now in the sale with channel 5.

·         Securing the rights of Big brother has cut the loss of Channel 5 from the past six months from £48m to £20.6m.

·         Channel 5 could be worth around £400 million.

·         Espirito Santo investment bank valued channel 5 to be worth £500m.

·         Times reported Desmond is looking for around £700 million for the channel.

Has Facebook Changed The World?

Has Facebook changed the world? 

Uprising of the Arab Spring (December 2010) 

• Started in Tunisia.
• Ben Ali is the leader of Tunisia (Dictator).
• Tunisia was a police state.
• If you were to question the Government you were going to prison to be beaten and tortured. 
• Ben Ali - Worth £3.5 billion. 
• Ben Ali ruled Tunisia for 24 years, however it had only taken 28 days for him time to come to an end. 

Press Censorship 

• Government decide what is allowed to be shown on the news.
• Control the ordinary people in the country.

Corruption 

For example, The man who owned the stall ( Mohammed Buazizi) 

• He attempted to protest which was then not allowed to be shown on the TV. 
• However it was seen online due to the mobile phone recordings of the event. 

Internet E.g. Social Media and Blogs  

• The people of Tunisia shared hatred of their president on the internet such as Facebook, Twitter and bogs. 

The Internet 

• 1/4 of homes in Tunisia have broadband and 90% own a mobile phone.
• The Internet holds and infanent number of pathways to communicate with others. 
• If you were caught in Tunisia posting online you would face torture and detention. 
• 2 million Facebook users in Tunisia 20% of Tunisia active on Facebook. 
• Protesters videos went viral. 

Protest

• Within days of the protest it was available to everyone to view due to the mobile phone recordings. being posted on Facebook. 
• The people in Tunisia used twitter in order to inform everyone where the police were stationed. 
• Live streaming of protests in Tunisia.
• Unarmed protesters were shot dead. 
• 150 died from the protest.
• Ben Ali gave a speech in order to win his country back
• 15th of January Ben Ali conducted a television Public relation campaign. 
• Protester videos went viral.
• Al Jazeera - Leading Arab channel in the world had shown the protest due to the online streams and social media posts. 

Saleem and Azeez 

Two university students who were in the front line and started the protest. 

• 1 pm on the 6th of January Saleem and Azeez were arrested. 
• 10,000 people protested outside where Saleem and Azeez were arrested the day before they were released. 
• Hacked the union website - telling them about the protest and telling them where it is going to take place. 

Rise of Social Media 

• TV being old media is now not effective anymore due to the rise in social media. 
• Internet is immediate.
• No single, central hub can shut down the internet like they can shut down TV stations.

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail/?id=174227

Yes

The conflict was effectively fought between two opposing forces. Government hackers broke into the Facebook and email accounts of active Tunisian bloggers to prevent them from spreading information about what was happening in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of the revolution. Unexpectedly, the government was also able to remove the https secured protocol from major Internet browsers in order to expose any bloggers that dared to post anything online. As a result, some bloggers were arrested.

This article tells us that the revolution would still of happened without Facebook as the Tunisian Government were able to hack into the Facebook https and block any blogging from taking place and therefore being able to find out the bloggers and then arrest them. However Twitter was the most effective as when someone was to re tweet something it is then harder for the government to get rid of it such as, letting the protesters know where the police are located. 

No

As of 2012, Internet use and social media penetration were extensive in Tunisia. In a population of 10,732,900, 39% are Internet users and 31% are Facebook subscribers. This allowed social media platforms like Facebook to make a telling contribution to the 2011 revolution, signaling the emergence of a new means of public empowerment through the Web.

This article then tells us that having Facebook allowed the audience to empower the government of Tunisia as there were 39% of the Tunisia population active on Facebook therefore this then allowed them to create protests through social media. 

My opinion 

My opinion whether i believe that the Revolution would of taken place without Facebook is that I believe that due to the 39% of Tunisia's population being active on Facebook this would then make it easier for them as a nation to come together and plan ahead without the government being able to track and stop them. However once the government had released where the public were communicating from they were then able to hack in blogging and delete them before the public were able to get a hold of them. However I believe that social media played a big part within this revolution and also I believe this revolution would not have taken place without social media but, my main social media website for this revolution which was the most effective was twitter. The reason for this was that the government would not be able to cancel the URL links of the tweet as they may of deleted the main post however once someone has re tweeted in order to attract more of an awareness this would then not allow the government to be able to delete all the re tweets. Concluding I believe that without social media itself this revolution would not have been possible however, I still believe without Facebook this revolution would have taken place as, i believe the main source and most effective contact could be done through Twitter.